GI & Endoscopy

Here is how five major, publicly traded gastroenterology companies fared in the stock market for the week of Aug. 14 to Aug. 18, 2017.

Creo Medical Group's Speedboat RS2 device and Croma platform received FDA 510(k) clearance.

The British Society of Gastroenterology awarded Mark McAlindon, MD, the Hopkins Endoscopy Prize — it's most prestigious prize — for developing the pill camera, Medical Plastics News reports.

Qiagen and Clinical Genomics combined the PAXgene Blood ccfDNA Tube sample collection system into Clinical Genomics' Colvera colorectal cancer recurrence assay.

A study, published in Molecular Systems Biology, identified several development candidates that could be used to treat fatty liver disease and liver cancer.

Sarah Brendler, MD, is a gastroenterologist at the Springfield, Ore.-based Cascade Endoscopy Center.

Springfield, Ore.-based Cascade Endoscopy Center has been serving Lane County and its surrounding communities since February 2004.

A study, published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, examined how many ulcerative colitis patients reached both clinical and endoscopic remission through a "Treat to Target" approach.

Louisville, Ky.-based BHMG Gastroenterology added Victor A. Howard, MD, to its staff, Kentucky.com reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association awarded 13 2017 AGA Institute Council Section Research Mentor awards.